A woman was caught in the crossfire after two men began shooting at each other in a La Puente neighborhood Saturday night, Aug. 25 sheriff’s officials said.

The first man was riding as a passenger in a vehicle driving in the 17300 block of Main Street at around 7:10 p.m., when he saw another man walking on the sidewalk, then stepped out of the vehicle and fired at least once. The second man returned fire, shooting at least five times, said a Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department spokesman, Sgt. Klein.

The first man got back in the vehicle, which fled westbound on Main Street.

Neither of the men appeared to be hit, Klein said. No detailed description of either of the suspects was available.

The woman was walking on the sidewalk nearby and was hit in the high, Klein said. She was transported to a local hospital and was expected to survive.

Joshua Cain is a crime and public safety reporter for the Southern California News Group, based at the L.A. Daily News in Woodland Hills. He has worked for SCNG since 2016, previously as a digital news editor in the San Gabriel Valley, helping cover breaking news, crime and local politics.